British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

Incident Reports (Informal)

Incident reports received by the BHPA are available in summary form on this page. If you're looking for reports of formal investigations undertaken in the case of a serious incident, please visit our Incident Reports (formal investigations) page.

Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for all wing types are displayed below in summary form.

The BHPA incident reports database is fully searchable. To refine your search you can specify a particular wing type and select "or" or "and". For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, for best search results select paraglider from the drop down list and the "and" option.

If you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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If known, total hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 3308 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 29.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Odonnells Rock, Ireland Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered 50%+ asymmetric collapse at 50-60ft while on approach to top land. Glider entered rapid spiral and crashed before pilot could recover.	Injury Pilot: Fr l4 vertebra
Date 27.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 46	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Flying Planet parachute inner container found to be sticky causing possible deployment issues.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P	Location Rushup Edge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Eden 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and spiraled into hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow
Date 22.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Pegas Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot allowed himself to get low on the ridge with a tailwind and in sinking air. Did not leave enough time or room to turn out and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 16.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Llety Siac, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Flair Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed in wind conditions and attempted to deflate glider using A risers. Glider deflated but immediately reinflated dragging pilot into large rock. Serious injury (or worse) prevented by helmet.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, bruising.
Date 15.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Glyder Fach, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot dumped down (probably by unforeseen rotor) from low level while flying over rocky terrain.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib
Date 12.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Novice	Location Currium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student suffered asymmetric collapse on an assisted forward launch. Student did not correct the ensuing turn and crashed into hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot/ankle
Date 05.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Comb Gibbet Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Excalibur Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot infringed airspace whilst attempting flight that was impossible due to airspace changes made some years ago.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Novice	Location Currium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student overshot landing area and landed on rough ground twisting leg.	Injury Pilot: Torn muscle
Date 05.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: Novice	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student was pulled over having completed successful slope landing.	Injury Pilot: Grazed arm

Last updated: 11 July 2025

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